Customs fees / import VAT | Community Mentor Help

01y01_47 · 2024-09-25T09:34:19.581000Z

Hello, I ordered $225 worth of items from abroad. I paid $81 in import VAT when I placed the order.Today DHL is asking me for €70 in customs fees. I did 2-3 searches and saw that eBay wasn’t declaring things properly, and that all it took was calling them for them to take care of it.But the person I spoke to on the phone, who speaks rough French, kept explaining to me that import VAT and customs fees are not the same thing and that I have to pay. I didn’t get a master’s degree, but it still seems to me that customs’ job is to charge VAT on items coming from abroad, right? So how do I get my package back without paying the same tax twice?Thanks

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